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Live Cattle: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 057642 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
22 Sept 2026
Non-commercial net
+28,312contracts
Weekly change
−456contracts
Net as % of open interest
+9.9%
3-year percentile
3

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

025,00050,00075,000100,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
Live Cattle non-commercial net position, contracts

Blue: net long. Red: net short. Hover or tap for weekly values; the table below lists the latest 12 reports.

Contracts, weekly

Open interest

300,000350,000400,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
Live Cattle open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-09-22284,88993,17264,860+28,312−23,227Verified
2026-09-15282,11894,40765,639+28,768−21,104Verified
2026-09-08294,35093,20464,181+29,023−21,629Verified
2026-09-01300,73192,28264,902+27,380−19,293Verified
2026-08-25288,74396,53660,690+35,846−28,575Verified
2026-08-18280,82694,06454,480+39,584−30,402Verified
2026-08-11276,62594,59950,587+44,012−35,161Verified
2026-08-04291,76097,63954,051+43,588−35,739Verified
2026-07-28298,44998,80654,483+44,323−37,389Verified
2026-07-21303,089103,15548,141+55,014−48,925Verified
2026-07-14311,766122,35252,647+69,705−61,324Verified
2026-07-07316,893138,66256,994+81,668−70,893Verified

Verified = the published components reconcile to the reported totals (reportable + non-reportable = open interest; non-commercial long + spreading + commercial long = reportable long). Source: CFTC Public Reporting Environment. History shown: 262 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.